The Straits Times, 28 January 1956

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    24 1 Att E li AII V ft BT-If It P S*^»i^'»»*f4-B4>>»X^.4. > L The Straits Times. Ik***** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1956 15 CENTS.
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    FLOODS HALT TRAFFIC
    679 1 Main railway line cut: North-south trunk road blocked: Airfield out of action Colony peril at today's high tide STRAITS TIMES REPORTERS 3 FLOODS following heavy rain yesi disrupted road, rail and air commui wide areas of South and East Malaya. ;iin Kuala Lumpur-Singapore trunk .it ;il several
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    ...INFORMAL CHAT WITH TWO ADMIRERS
    51 1 TENGKU ABDUL RAHMAN chats with Malayan students. Miss Li-Er Hwang. 18 (left) and Miss Barbara Lee. 22, at a tea party in Malaya Hall. London. Joint hosts to the Malayan "merdeka'' delegation were the Malayan Students' Union and the Malay Society of Great Britain. Express
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    Lock icon A FORMAL AUDIENCE WITH THE QUEEN...
    49 1 TENGKU ABDUL RAHMAN (left), the Federation Chief E Minister, and Dato Panelima Bukit Gantang. Mentri Besar of Perak. leave Buckingham Palace after an audience with the Queen on Tuesday. Between them Is Mr. John Hare. Minister of State for the Colonies. A.P. photo.
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    Lock icon AUSTRALIAN STRIKE ILLEGAL
    132 1 AUSTRALIAN STRIKE ILLEGAL SYDNEY, Fri. A Federal Arbitration Court judge here today declared illegal the strike of 24.000 Australian dockers now in its fifth day with an order which permits fines of up to A £500 for disobedience. The court, acting on an application from shipowner?, also made an order
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    Lock icon Lee: Wait and see
    82 1 MELBOURNE, Fri. Doctors at the Royal Children's Hospital here are cautiously optimistic that a major operation performed on a five-year-old Singapore boy will be successful. The boy, Michael Lee Sok Chua, was flown to Australia for the operation which a doctor today described as "very tricky."
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    Lock icon Apartment blaze kills ten
    42 1 NARA (Japan), Frl.— Ten people were burned to death in a fire that razed an apartment here today. Twelve families lived in the apartment which was formerly a restaurant. Each family occupied only a small four-mat room— U.P.
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    Five Commonwealth men will draw up merdeka constitution
    200 1 Five Commonwealth men will draw up merdeka constitution LONDON, Friday. 'FHE independent commission of Commonwealth experts who will draw up the constitution for the new Federation of Malaya will probably number five and come from India, Ceylon, Canada and Australia, it was learned here tonight. No British or Malayan re-
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    Lock icon Queen off to Nigeria
    52 1 LONDON, Fri. The Queen set off by plane today for a three-week tour of her largest colony, Nigeria, on the west coast of Africa. She and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, were seen off on the 3,500-mile flight by their children. Prince Charles and Princess
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    Lock icon Rabbi dies
    31 1 NEW YORK, Fri. Rabbi Israel Rosenberg, head of the Orthodox Jewish Rabbinate In the United States and Canada for 30 years, died last night after a long illness.— U.P.
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    Lock icon SOS FROM A SHIP ON REEF
    125 1 KRANJI WIRELESS station in Singapore yesterday picked up repeated S.O.S. messages from a ship stranded on a reef in the middle of the China Sea. The master of the 2,315-ton Danish freighter Bintang radioed that his ship was lLstIntz 30 degrees but was not
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    Plane shot at
    24 1 JERUSALEM, Fri.— Egypt, ian ;.nti-aircraft guns iired on an Israeji plane in the Been region 'of the Gaza border strip today.
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    Lock icon Newsprint curb
    26 1 QUEBEC CITY. Fri The Legislative Assembly yesterday voted 56-22 to control the production, sale and distribution of newsprint in the province of Quebec— U.P.
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    Lock icon RUBBER BAN LIKELY TO BE EASED
    282 1 RUBBER BAN LIKELY TO BE EASED I ONDON, Fri. Britain will "almost certainly" modify its restrictions on trade with Communist China even if the United States refuse to sponsor a joint reduction of the embargoes now imposed by the United Nations, an informed source here said today. Sir Anthony Eden
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    Amnesty: No talks or processions
    271 1 ALLIANCE BAN FROM FEB. 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. TTHE Alliance will ban its members from making speeches on the Emergency after Feb. 7, the day before the amnesty ends. They will also be forbidden to take part in processions. This order was published today. The
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    PLANE FORCED TO LAND
    46 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. This morning's Malayan Airways plane from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur made a forced landing at Malacca after one of Its engines gave trouble. Passengers waited more than an hour while another plane flew to Malacca and took them here.
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    Lock icon German A-ships
    26 1 HAMBURG, Fri— Krupps of of Essen, once the German arms kings, are working on blueprints for atomic ships, it was disclosed here today. Reuter.
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    18,000 miners may strike
    224 1 18,000 miners may strike IPOH, Fri.— A threaten--1 end strike by 18,000 mine workers may paralyse all mining operations in Malaya. Strike action was discussed today after a dramatic breakdown of talks between a Malayan Mining Employees' Union delegation and the I Employers' Association at the Chamber of Mines building
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    28 1 KASHMIR: NEW BID )K SETTLEMENT \V DELHI. Fri.—Pakistaa is making new iHor is to reach accord with India over Kashmir, informed sources said htf, today .—A.P.
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    The studio of dreams come true
    378 2 PSYCHOLOGIST SAYS: ROLL UP! ROLL UP! SCREAM, SING OR DO AS YOU PLEASE THE TROUBLE WITH PEOPLE— THEY ARE ALL SO AFRAID NEW YORK, Friday. A NEW type of steam room will be opened here next week a place where people can let off
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    Lock icon Tube men to get more pay
    84 2 Tube men to get more pay LONDON. Fri. A seven per cent wage rise for about 19,000 workers on London's underground rail system was I announced last night. Union leaders also accepted proposals by the London Transport Executive for Improved leave and pay arrangements for weekend and public holiday working.
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    Barbecue party
    21 2 The Telok Ayer Methodist Youth Fellowship, Singapore, held a barbecue party to welcome new members and friends last night.
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    Lock icon 29 DIED WHEN THIS TRAIN JUMPED RAILS
    64 2 TWENTY-FIVE people were killed and 90 injured when a two-coach diesel train jumped the rails in Los Angeles, California. Some of the victims and survivors are seen on the ground in front of one of the upturned coaches. The train which was carrying
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    Lock icon BULGANIN PUT IN THE SHADE
    195 2 Back-to-Burma Ranee did lot of good LONDON, Fri. Sir Hubert Ranee, a former governor, who returned to London today from a three-week trip to Burma, said: "I think my visit has done a tremendous lot to put the visit of Bulganin and Khrushchev in the
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    Lock icon Nightingale woos Burmese bandits
    108 2 Nightingale woos Burmese bandits RANGOON, Fri.— Each day over the Burmese radio network comes 1 the crooning voice of Burma's leading film star. May Shin, the "nightingale of the air." "Comrade," she pleads, "you have only 94 days to give up. I assure you that you will not be killed."
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    Lock icon New Primate
    21 2 OTTAWA, Fri. The Most Rev. Maurice Roy, Archbishoo of Quebec, has been appointed Roman Catholic Primate of Canada.— A.P.
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      Lock icon Trotsky killer fails in bid to be freed from prison
      286 2 MEXICO CITY: The Federal Parole Board has rejected the 19-month-old request of Macques Mornard, confessed killer of Leon Trotsky, for his release from prison. The board said that he still represented the worst grade of social danger. The decision means
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      Lock icon THE PRICE OF SILENCE...
      52 2 NEW YORK: The noisy motorist will pay more from now on nominal fines— such as US$5 $l5) for unnecessary honking- -will cost between US$lO ($3O) and US$5O ($150) under a "quiet city" campaign. If the fine Is not paid the motorist can be Jailed for 30
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    Lock icon REBEL DOCKER STARTS A 'CUT TAX' DRIVE
    383 2 REBEL DOCKER STARTS A 'CUT TAX' DRIVE Aim: One per cent off budget LONDON, Friday. rpHE head of the Daimler car firm 60-year-old Sir Bernard Docker, yesterday launched a one-man "cut taxes" campaign. His immediate target: "A one per cent cut in Britain's next budget, which is only a few
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    Lock icon A parrot's $1000 bequest
    99 2 LANCASTER (Wisconsin) Fri. A PARROT named "Talker" has left its US$l,OOO estate to the Lancaster Memorial Hospital. The death of "Talker" was disclosed by Union State Bank officials here who have been administering the US$l,OOO trust fund set up for the parrot by Mrs. Lulu Williams,
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    Lock icon IN MEMORY OF MOZARI
    58 2 SALZBURG. Austria, Fri. —This medieval city today celebrates the 200 th anniversary of the birth of its greatest son, Wolfgang Mozart, musical genuis who died In near-poverty at the age of 35. The Internatior. teum Society la marking i birthday by holding a morial ceremony in
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    Forget it says Sultan
    188 2 Forget it says Sultan PROMISE TO (A ENEMY'S 50$ ftABAT, F ri o Sidi Mohammed -ioussef received sons of his forme? J enemy, £1 oiaou?! 1 terday to assure th* that the past JL** gotten. ds h El Qlaoui, Pasha nf kesh. who once^S fin mental in the oustinl tan
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    Lock icon SAUDIS MASS NEAR JORDAN
    247 3 Brit ish_War_OtHce on ate> tn9 tltmmmt of aegX9Mion to Desert warriors get ready to hit at Israel or Britain 's ally LONDON, Fri. U DI ARABIAN troop* JT l massing Tebnk, HW miles pith-cad of Akaba, ,he onlj P»rt of supply for British fortes n Jordan,
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    Mollet tries to form Govt.
    189 3 PLANS FOR 'SMALL* CABINET PARIS, Friday. Mr. GUY MOLLET. 50-year-old Socialist exschoolmaster and staunch friend of Britain, last d to try to form France's 22nd postwar nt President Rene a chance to bid v.iership after a I :iference at the Palace and went to the
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    Lock icon RUSSIA: WE LEAD IN A-RESEARCH
    77 3 RUSSIA: WE LEAD IN A-RESEARCH LOIJDON. Fri. Mr. I V Lebedev. a Soviet Stalin Prize scientist, said yesterday over Moscow Radio that Russia was ahead of all other countries in atomic research. Britain, he said, was ahead of the United States in the construction of atomic stations. "The Soviet Union
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    Lock icon New bombers
    28 3 WASHINGTON, Fri. The U. S. Air Force will replace B-36 Convair bombers in heavy bomber wings with B-52 jet Strato-Fortresses, it was announced yesterday. j Reuter.
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    Lock icon BEVAN MAKES NEW BID FOR LEADERSHIP
    130 3 LONDON, Fri.— Mr. Aneurin Bevan, the Labour Party's turbulent left-winger, made a new bid for power last night by standing for the deputy leadership in Parliament. When nominations closed in the post ballot among Labour M.P^s there were only two contestants Mr. Bevan, 58,
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    Lock icon Moscow service
    20 3 Stockholm, Fri.— A Swedish delegation has left for Moscow to discuss a Swedish air service to Moscow. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Five jump from troopship
    55 3 DURBAN. Fri. At least five French Foreign Legionnaires all Germans dived fuily clothed into sea from the French troopship Pasteur yesterday after she left harbour. They tried to swim more than two miles to shore. Three other legionnaires are missing and two surrendered to the police
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    Lock icon Formosa ban
    30 3 TAIPEH. Fri. The Chinese Nationalist Defence Ministry today banned the publication of news relating to movements of high ranking officers of the armed forces on security grounds. —Reuter.
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    Lock icon Kashmir talks
    29 3 NEW DELHI, Fri. Arrangements are being discussed for a meeting soon between the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan on Kashmir, it was learned here today. Reuter.
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    Lock icon BREAKAWAY MEN GET AN ULTIMATUM
    178 3 BREAKAWAY MEN GET AN ULTIMATUM KARACHI, Friday. ■pHE Governor-General of Pakistan, Maj.-Gen. 1 Iskander Mirza, said yesterday that talk of secession of East and West Pakistan was treason and warned that it would be suppressed by "ruthless" 1 action. Addressing 100.000 people at a meeting in Kishoregunj in East Pakistan
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    Lock icon U.S. will reject Russian friendship pact
    120 3 U.S. will reject Russian friendship pact LONDON, Fri. Official quarters here today thought the United States would firmly reject Russia's reported offer of a friendship pact. Reliable reports from Washington today said this offer was a feature of the personal message sent to President Eisenhower by Marshal Nikolai Bulganin, the
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    Lock icon S-T-E-P LIGHTLY THERE
    141 3 -No, said the nude: I'd rather quit- PITTSBURGH, Fri.— lt's all or nothing with Vincent Nesbert, Dean of the Art Institute. Yesterday he dismissed a young girl who insisted on wearing sandals when she posed in the nude for one of his life classes. "I told her
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    Lock icon 'Ghost ship' inquiry
    40 3 WELLINGTON, Fri. A commission of inquiry into the mystery of the "ghost ship" Joyita. found drifting and derelict in the Pacific off North Fiji last year, will begin hearings at Apia, western Samoa, on Feb. 1. Reuter.
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    Lock icon MILK SELLS BY THE YARD
    37 3 MOSCOW. Fri. There are no milk bottles to wash in Yakutsk, a Siberian city 3,000 miles from Moscow. The temperature is so low that they are selling milk by the yard.— U.P.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    316 3 LONDON. Pri. CTOCK MARKETS were general- ly dull in the absence of Incentives and with sentiment Influenced by economic uncertainties buyers again held off and business was small. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty were; RUBBER LONDON, Jan. 27.— Spot 33d., Mar. 32?* d..
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    Lock icon Grace will give up the screen
    164 3 Grace will give up the screen HOLLYWOOD, Fri.— Prince Rainier yesterday said that Grace Kelly would give up her film career after they were married in April. The wedding, he said, would take place in Monaco, ending weeks of speculation on whether Monaco or Philadelphia, Miss Kelly's home town, would
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    5 jets crash in one day
    51 3 TOKYO, Fri.— Five U.S. Air Force Sabre jets were lost today four when they ran out of fuel and presumably crashed off Okinawa. All five pilots escaped unhurt. The fifth sabre crashed and burned on take off from Itazuke air base in southern japan.
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    Lock icon Townsend to stay on
    45 3 LONDON, Fri— Group Capt. Peter Townsend will be allowed to stay on in Belgium after his term as Air Attache there ends next month. The Air Ministry gave Townsend a six-month extension at his own request, official sources said today. UP.
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    Cabinet resigns
    32 3 HELSINKI, Frl. The Finnish Prime Minister, Mr. Kekkonen. today offered his government's resignation to President Paasikivi after the resignation of six ministers in protest against an increase in food prices.
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    25 3 SEOUL, Fri. President Syngman Rhee of South Korea said today he was still undecided about whether he will seek re-election this summer UP.
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    1956 'merdeka'
    22 3 ACCRA, (Gold Coast), Fri. —Premier Kwame Nkrumah said yesterday that the Gold Coast will achieve independence this year. A. P.
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    Suicide bid after row
    42 4 TEMERLOH, Fri. —A 30--year-old woman drank poison after a quarrel with her husband, the magistrate's court was told yesterday. G. Kuppammah. of Lanehang Estate, Mentakab, was bound over for six months after she pleaded guilty to attempting suicide.
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    Back to school for Council recruits
    219 4 HOW TO DO YOUR JOB PLAN: IT WOULD ALSO APPLY TO BOSSES EXPERTS CLAIM IT WOULD SPEED MALAYANISATION AND AID EFFICIENCY gINGAPORE City Council recruits will go back to school if the Council adopts a recommendation by its efficiency experts. The object— to teach
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    !STRIP INQUIRY: COUNSEL SEES WOMEN
    119 4 STRIP INQUIRY: COUNSEL SEES WOMEN MISS GUNN CHIT E WHA, (above left) one Eof the counsel appears ing in the inquiry into the Seraenyih stripping allegations, talks with E some of the new vilE lagers who gathered s outside the courthouse E at Kajanx when the inE qulry opened on
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    Abolition terms: No quarrel, says Byrne
    116 4 Abolition terms: No quarrel, says Byrne THERE is no quarrel between local and expatriate officers in the Singapore Government service on the question of abolition terms, Mr. K. M. Byrne, chief spokesman for local staff, told the Straits Times yesterday. Abolition, he said, was a subject for negotiation between the
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    Best speaker and writer
    35 4 PENANO. Fri.— An AngloChinese School student .8. Kulasegaram. was adjudged the best speaker and best writer in the Settlement Youth Council's speaking and essay competitions in connection with Youth Citizen's Week.
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    ADVISER TO RETIRE
    53 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The British Adviser. SolanKor. Mr. F. V. Duckworth. 54. is retiring soon. Mr. Duckworth joined the Malayan Civil Service in 1924. He was made British Adviser in 1954. The future of the British Advisers is one of the subjects under discussion at the "merdeka"
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    Malay—a must in Chinese schools
    135 4 Malay a must in Chinese schools ALL PARTY REPORT FOR ASSEMBLY CHINESE middle schools in Singapore will have to teach an extra language probably Malay if the All-Party Committee's recommendations on Chinese education are accepted by the Government. The committee's report is to be discussed by the Legisla- tive Assembly
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    New councillors sworn in
    48 4 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Fri.— Six new councillors Messrs. M. L. Samuel, Lee Ah Ngow, D. A. Sutherland. Mohamed bin Taib, Ibrahim bin Sahad and Mohamed Hashim bin Ariff were sworn in yesterday when the Bukit MerUjam Rural District Council held its first meeting of 1056.
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    SHIPPING STRIKE IN COLONY AVERTED
    135 4 Talks solve the grouse THE Singapore Sea- men's Bureau has averted a strike by about 700 members of the Malayasian Mariners' Union. The men threatened to strike because the Anglo Dutch Lighterage company had dismissed 10 tally clerks a few days ago for alleged inefficiency.
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    Hindus keep festival
    34 4 Thousands of Singaporeans thronged the Chettiar Temple at Tank Road and the Perumal Temple at Serangoon Road yesterday to see Hindu penitents pay homage to Lord Subramaniam during the Thaipusam festival.
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    44-HOUR WEEK? BUT NOT FOR GOVT. MEN
    201 4 44-HOUR WEEK? BUT NOT FOR GOVT. MEN New Ordinance excludes them 'rHE 44-hour week laid down in the n<w s Labour Ordinance does not apply to Govc employees, the Commissioner for Labour .Mr"'?*' 11 Goodwin, said yesterday. He said it was. hnv.ever S>n«l rn ?l entls lnte ntlon 1! follow
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    The hopeful 4,000 in Singapore
    78 4 SINGAPORE Government clerks are hopeful of receiving pay increases like their counterparts in the Federation. But the Singapore Government has not yet given a decision on a set of pay demands made by the Government Administrative and Clerical Services Union, on behalf of its 40,000
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    Tapper accused of murder
    50 4 TEMERLOH, Fri. A rubber tapper, Mohamed Yassin bin Ahmad, 23, was remanded in custody after he appeared in the magistrate's court here yesterday accused of murdering Serji bin Haji Mohamed, 24, a padi planter. Serji was found stabbed. He died in the Mentakab Hospital on Sunday.
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    Youth exchange
    26 4 The Singapore Labour Front has accepted an invitation from the Indonesian Socialist Youth organisation for an exchange of youth leaders between the two countries.
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    Cut own throat
    33 4 NIBONG TEBAL, Fr: Karupiah, an eatir.c cook in Nibone Tebal. cut ha own throat with a vejetab knife on Oct. 16, the Coroner's Court here was told today Verdict. Suicide.
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    First visit
    24 4 PENANG. Fri. The M.r... ter for Health and Social Welfare, Mr. Leong Yew Koh. today paid his first ofScial visit to Penarg.
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    Cinema case: Appeal successful
    125 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A businessman, Ng Kirn Pong, of Ceylon Lane, successfully got the Federal Court of Appeal on Wednesday to set aside damages of $17,100 awarded against him in November as damages for trespass in the "Good Earth" cinema in Mentakab. Ng had been the
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    Now it's the notso-merry seamen
    142 5 Now it's the not-so-merry seamen LAUNCH JOY-RIDERS NOW IN JAIL yesterday not-so-unen who in&uthori- joy ride borrowed" immigruamongst south of n Thursday. I held in Out ram Road cannot be any offence r as I t place ry 1 0 miles my. Indonesian have imr .--hip, the San Polaa Sam-
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    SABA WILL GIVE I TWO SHOWS
    89 5 Saba (seen above in the Dance of the Snake Charmer) was born in Java and educated in Europe. Saba always dances alone. She has performed in many cities of Europe, South America, the West Indies and Indonesia. E SABA, an exponent of classical Indian
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    27 better ways to run the Colony
    130 5 itafl suggestions mm introduced j vernment de- j nr months ago. Qi tan rewards. of eligible staff i -<■ come up with uggestions made public expenditure ng methods or increasing efficiency, "about one third' 1 are going to receive awards, a Government spokesman
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    LOCAL MEN 'DON'T GET CHANCE'
    629 5 Malayan Airways Union: Training claim a farce Governments urged to nationalise line- A\ Ju-cusation that Malayan Airways h;i pursued a policy ()f "blatant discrimination against local pilots" is made a memorandum to the Malayanisation Commission. The memorandum, from the Malayan Airways Local Employees' Union, says
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    An 'uncanny' theft emptied flat
    131 5 FAMIL V SLEEP THROUGH BURGLARY WHILE the entire household was asleep, thieves ransacked a flat in Lim Liak Street early yesterday morning and stole $1,500 and jewellery worth another $500. f The victim, Mr. T. T. Yap, a salesman, described the theft as "uncanny." He
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    Armed men rob a drug store
    90 5 Armed men rob a drug store rwiHREE men, one armed X with a revolver and two with daggers, broke into a Chinese drug store in Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore, yesterday morning and robbed the proprietress of $1,500 and jewellery worth $600. The roDbers pushed their way into the store as
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    RUBBER: Mr. LOCKWOOD IS VERY OPTIMISTIC
    91 5 OPTIMISM about the future of natural rubber was expressed in Singapore last night by Mr. Warren S. Lockwood, former head of the Natural Rubber Bureau in Washington. Mr. Lockwood was speaking to 300 guests, including, several leaders of Malaya's rubber industry, at a dinner
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      156 5 GARRICK: Miss Coca-Cola i (Hindi) 3.15, 6.15, 9.15; Tel. *****. KING'S King of the Khyber Rifles 1.15, 3.30. 7, 9.30; viorning show: Anne of the Indies 10; midnight: Half-break Journey (Cantonese i Tel. *****. CATHAY: Human Jungle 11, 145. 4.15, 6.45. 9.30; morning show: Girl of Pleasure Island 9; midnight:
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      161 5 show: Silver Lode 9; midnight: Hanc Tuah. Tel. *****. REX: Kiss of Fire— ll, 1.45. 4, 6.30. 9.30; morning show: Operation Secret 9; midnight: Frou Frou (French) TeL *****. PAVILION: Othello 9. 11, 1.45. 4. 6.30, 9.30; Tel. 6903. ALHAMBRA: Lost in Outer: Space 11. 1.30, 4, 6.45, 9.30; morning
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    47 6 Wardg fl» 'minimum). MR. AND MRS. S. ANANTHARAJAH thank friends and relatives for their teleprams, presents and presence at their marriage on 19.1.56. MB MRS JEROME MARIABKLVXII PHILOMIN thank nil ;itid friends for the kind I presents and fellcitartions sent on the OOCMtan of their wedding.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    334 6 20 Wards Sin I minimum) FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the Malay Mall' If you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. SALE at uoth shops of Town <w Country begins Monday 30th January and will last throughout tlie week. MADELINES FASHION NEWS French brocade scarves in six beautiful
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Jan. 28, 1956. The New Red Line
    647 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Jan. 28, 1956. The New Red Line When Tengku Abdul Rahman returned from Baling he expressed the belief that after he had been to London he probably would be hearing again from Chin Peng. He has not had to wait quite so long, and what
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    Foreign Degrees
    318 6 Generally speaking the Governments of the Federation and Singapore have recognised two classes of men of learning those who garnered wisdom in the universities of Britain and those unfortunate enough to have sought knowledge in foreign lands. The B.A. (Cantab) or the M.A. (Oxon) and even the B.Sc
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    Sixes And Sevens
    197 6 The Federation Labour Department report tells a story of "Sunday" work which illustrates how easily managements and men can find themselves at sixes and sevens. There has long been a difference of opinion over a weekly holiday for workers in the European tin mines. The men used
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    As I was saying..
    1150 6  - As I was saying CYNICUS by ALTHOUGH I would A not say that auditors' reports and the proceedings of committees of public accounts are my favourite reading, often a rewarding sparkle is to be found amidst the dull, dead prose, and occasionally there is an almost exciting story. The raising
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    IN A TRAFFIC JAM
    824 6 WHATEVER changes are wrought in the traffic of great cities the ground plan stays essentially the same. It is a costly matter to buy out the owners of road frontages anywhere. And so, in Singapore, the lanes of southern Chinatown are no broader than they were
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    153 6 From the Straits Times of Jan. 25, 1906: fJAPTAIN Jame* W. Price. the famous aeronaut, has Just arrived in Singapore from New York, and intends to give a balloon and parachute descent exhibition during his stay here. He Is accompanied by Mr. C. C. Arnold. In view
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    Cashiers' Union officers
    43 7 the Cashiers' sinpapore, for this Messrs. Teo Koon Sin Wee: presi- Tay Oen Seng; Messrs. Seah and Tay Hong :<tary. Mr. Tan Koon treasurer, Mr. :;->ne; committee. Yeo 800 Lat, Loh -I.at. Chan Kirn Bock, Hock. Steven Toh ng Tong.
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    Minister here
    19 7 I Dr. R J D Turnbull, Tas- r for Health. ngapore yesterday to London, and the United
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    A FATEFUL DAY
    106 7 Sent home after road crash, man slips on floor and dies Fri. Misfortune I W.D. overseer, S. V. G uuny, twice within in yesterday, and Ml life on the > "a^ion. •V: Gcvmdasamy, 42, was (I his motor cycle after 4 p.m. when he i.T.med on his
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    'You are starving our families'
    425 7 S.T.C. MEM WHO HAVE BEEN OPT OK STRIKE FOR lIP DAYS ACCUSE UNION BUT LEADERS OF 2,800 SAY: WE'VE SPENT $20,000 ON WELFARE A M RY members of the 2,800-strong Singapore traction Company Employees Union, which has been on strike for 120 days, last night
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    CHEERFUL MAN MISSING
    154 7 CHEERFUL MAN MISSING ITUALA LUMPUR. Fri. v Police are baffled over the mysterious disappearance of the Registrar of thr Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court. Mr. Teja Singh, who has been reported missing by his family. Mr. Teja Singh was last seen by friend* at the Kuala Lumpur railway station on Jan.
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    Festival?It was not so festive for this boy who lost his curls
    289 7  - Festival?It was not so festive for this boy who lost his curls REX SCAMBARY By DATU CAVES, Fri.— lf little Manoharan, aged one, learnt anything while he sat In the Thaipusam festival inTormation booth here today and watched the crowds go by, it was this: It doesn't pay for small
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    ATHLETE KEEPS HIS VOW
    86 7 IPOH, Fri. A SPORTSMAN. P. Manogaram. 22, walked three miles today with a heavy kavadl on his shoulders to fulfil a vow he made early last year. Manogaram. athlete and footballer, had badly injured his knee in a game and vowed that if he recovered from
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    Parents' body is registered
    35 7 The Singapore Government has approved registration of the Chinese Students' Parents' Association, which was formed during the big "stay-In strike" of some 5,000 Chinese middle school students in May last year.
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    Assault report
    32 7 Llm Beng Lai, a 17-year-old girl, was treated at the Singapore General Hospital last night after she reported that she had been assaulted at her home In Bukit Timah Road.
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    CATTLE SAVED FROM KILLER DISEASE
    82 7 KUALA LUMPUR, FrL The Pahang- Veterinary Department has checked the outbreak of a deadly cattle disease in Tanjong Besar, near Kuala Lipis. The disease killed 29 of the 800 buffaloes in the area when It broke out early this month. The Pah an g State
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    THE BILLIARD BALL LOOK
    35 7 THE BILLIARD BALL LOOK MANOHARAN, aged one, gets his first haircut. He is being comforted by his mother end his father, Mr. A. K. Kalyanasundarin, centre, and one of the festival officials. —Straits Times picture.
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    Black takes jet flip to Malacca
    108 7 THE Governor, Sir Robert Black, yesterday flew to Malacca and back in a Vickers Viscount. Britain's new turbo-jet airliner. With him went the Chief Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode, Singapore aviation officials and teen-age representatives of Colony youth organisations. It was a bumpy
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    Teacher sues Govt, for $22,400
    287 7 Teacher sues Govt, for $22,400 AND IS SUED FOR SI ,600 Fri. —An Indian honours graduate employed as a teacher in King George V School, Seremban, has filed a claim for $22,445 from the Federation Government for breach of contract and special damages. The teacher, Mr. Henry Vincent Higgins, who
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    IT'S BRITISH NOT ORANG PUTEH, SAYS COURT
    240 7 IT'S BRITISH NOT ORANG PUTEH, SAYS COURT Call them soldiers, witness told IPOH, Fri.— The Ipoh Magistrate, Inche Jamal bin Abdul Latif, told a Malay witness today not to refer to European soldiers as "orang puteh" (white men). 'Call them British soldiers." he said. He said this when Pte. Mohamed
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    'I shot -to – scare' Gurkha jailed
    207 7 'I shot -to scare' Gurkha jailed TEN YEARS FOR MANSLAUGHTER KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. RIFLEMAN Kalibahadur Limbu. of the Ist. Bn., 10th Gurkha Rifles stationed at Seremban, was sentenced by a court martial here today to 10 years' jail and to be discharged with ignominy from the serKaiibahadur killed a soldier
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    IT'S OFF-THAT HERO'S WELCOME FOR MERDEKA MEN
    84 7 IT'S OFF-THAT HERO'S WELCOME FOR MERDEKA MEN pLANS drawn op b> i the Si n gap or c branches of the Alliance to welcome the "merdeka" mission have been shelved. Alliance leaders now believe that the Federation Chief Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, and his colleagues will not call at Singapore
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    Fire relief fund
    31 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Donations totalling $168 were received today for the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Fund for relief of the Gombak Lane fire victims. The fund now totals $244,112.
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      123 7 WALL'S the tastiest sausages you Tender, meaty Wall's b. Jjfp- I Sausages! Mmmm! what a H0 dish to set before a hungry mm family. And the tempting j V*9^^^*J smell of golden brown *mtrTto' J Wall's Sausages sizzling in ggggggV^HTl^gCt tie frying pan promises a JggF^^jL*^JP® most appetising meal. These
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      140 7 The weather MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (7.30 p.m. on Jan. 26 to 7.30 ajn. on Jan. 27; Singapore 73 degrees, Penang 73. Kota Bahru 77. Kuala Lumpur 72, Ipoh 73 Kuantan 73. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Jan. 27): Singapore 79, Penang 84. Kota Bahru 80, Kuala Lumpur 77,
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    An invisible hand which clutches throats terrifies village folk
    271 8 DOORS ARE LOCKED AT 70p.m. AS GHOST PROWLS— KEMAMAN, Fri. People living ill knmpongs on I li c outskirts of this Trengganti l o n have been living in fear for the past throe days. They are scared of a ghost
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    100 LABOURERS STRIKE
    42 8 TELUK ANSON. Fri.— Fifty labourers at Sungci Timah Rubber Estate, opposite Teluk Anson across the Perak River, went on strike yesterday over a wase dispute. About 50 more labourers went on strike today in ■ympathy. There was no incident.
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    More bankrupts
    18 8 PENANG, Fri.— There were 20 new bankrupts in Penang last year— five more than in 1954.
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    Dockyard strikers 'not naval ratings'
    148 8 Dockyard strikers 'not naval ratings' MR. S. Woodhull, leader of 9,000 Singapore Naval Base strikers, said yesterday his union would not tolerate attempts to treat the base "as one of H.M. ships or its civilian workers as naval ratings." Mr. Woodhull was commenting on a Naval statement on Thursday which
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    Jailed for car death
    56 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. Abdul Latin bin Ahmad, of Singapore, was jailed in Kluang yesterday for 10 months for causing the death of his father-in-law. Taib bin Haji Sulieman. Abdul Latin* was driver of a car which collided with a lorry near Simpang Rengam. Taib. a passenger
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    Science block opened
    55 8 The Rev. Loo Thlan Llong. Moderator of the Malayan Synod of Chinese Christian Church (Presbyterian), yesterday opened a $100,000 science building for the Presbyterian Boys' School in Koon Seng Road. Singapore. Among the guests at the I opening was the Minister lor Education. Mr. Chew Swee Kee.
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    Singapore Day
    41 8 To celebrate the anniversary on Feb. 6 of the founding of Singapore the Historical Society will open an exhibition downstairs in the Victoria Memorial. Hall and the Friends of Singapore will hold a cocktail party upstairs at 6.15 p.m.
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    Film show
    29 8 The Singapore Film Society will shrow the movie "Pepe Le Moko" at the British Council Hall. Stamford Road, at 6.30 p.m. and 9 p.m on Feb. 12.
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    LABUAN: FREE PORT AGAIN IN APRIL?
    201 8 LABUAN: FREE PORT AGAIN IN APRIL? N. Borneo is attracting trade j By PELHAM GROOM LABUAN, Friday. ABU AN may become a free port again in April, it I was officially learnt here today. 1 Labuan comprises Pulau i Labuan and seven small Islands covering 35 square miles, and it's
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    Wage claim by Perak Hydro men
    83 8 Wage claim by Perak Hydro men IPOH. Fri. rpHE P^rak Hydro Employees X Union today submitted a claim for a wage revision. In a letter to the general manager of the Perak River Hydro-Electric Power Co., the union stated that the revision should be made retrospective from Jan. 1, 1954.
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    One exam less
    56 8 Degrees in geography and economics of the University of Malaya can now exempt .students from the Intermediate examination set by the Town Planning Institute in Britain. The Malaya Branch of the I Town Planning Institute of the United Kingdom was told this yesterday at its annual meeting
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    Speed up or close up a port is warned
    203 8 MALACCA RICE HANDLING ROW MALACCA, Friday. CHIPPING agents have warned the chambers of commerce here that delay in discharging cargo from ships is gcing to discourage ocean liners from calling at Malacca. They have asked the chambers to take up the
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    Tengku sees Minister
    103 8 From LESLIE HOFFMAN LONDON, Fri.— The "merdeka" mission will see the Minister for Transport, Mr. Harold Watkinson. on the question raised by the Malacca chambers of commerce on the use of Malacca port by conference shipping. The Tengxu will ask Mr. Watkinson to tell the shipping conference
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    Two musical contests
    33 8 The Singapore Musical Society will hold two competitions this year. A pianoforte competition, the second of its kind, will be held in April. A violin competition will be sponsored later.
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    Varsity wins chess cup
    51 8 The University of Malaya chess team sprang a surprise yesterday when it won the annual match against the City of Singapore for the first time since the series for the Malcolm Mac Donald Cup started six years ago. The university scored 18J points and Singapore City
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      336 8 HOUSES A FEW HOUSES STILL AVAILABLE AT OPERA ESTATE (DAFNE AIDA STREETS) 2 bedrooms— Living room— Tiled separate bathroom W.C— Utility room MODERN SANITATION Prices from $9,760 to $10,210 Bookings taken NOW. EASY TERMS ARRANGED CREDIT FONCIER D'EXTREME-ORn;\ r Meyer Chambers (3rd floor) P.O. Box No. 190 Tel. ***** Why
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      518 8 10.00 Rhythm On Records; 11.00 Close. SINGAPORE (Short wave t>2m. Medium wmve 476 m.). A.M. 7.15 Opening Annct.; 7.16 Piano Playtime; 7.30 News; 7.35 A Date With Music; 8.00 News Headlines; 8.02—8.30 A Date With Music; 8 30-9.00 Hospitals Half Hour; P.M. 5.00 6.30 Sport* Hour; (380 Metres and 49
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      Secret societies warred in early tin mine days
      1665 9 RUSSIA 1 CONDEMNED JB mNOVELISTJp 1 Ti si boown ushered in Jialuyan prosperity I THE death of Towkay Chow Ah Yeok in November 1892 was the end of an era. His obsequies were equal to the splendour in which he had lived
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      214 9 CHINESE NEW YEARSPECIAL OFFER From Ist to 10th Feb. inclusive. For every set of Living Room Furniture FREE GIFT One Standard Lamp Stand (new design), one single flower pot stand, one wall branch two or three rings. Other items-Prices greatly reduced, CANE FURNITURE CO. 35 TANCLIN ROAD >.O. Box 1360
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      50 9 Box 3iargan 9 M.D. Patient it,,, ion Dick Tracy The escapee BUTITB_LVOU,I WAS ONE WE SAJD HE SAW L QNTWEOTMSg. UNDER VWATER INTO A MARSW SrfUETATTOOtSTSTUATDID wb TATTOO L^ n<S*Jm^& AND ESCAPE D.' BITTTUE MAPS Ace O*Hara No enemy action coastal baitenas.. ■•^^^P^^^» v stl^ on I mustn't f J^'^^
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    SAGGING DEMAND SENDS TIN DOWN BY ANOTHER $4
    264 10 SAGGING DEMAND SENDS TIN DOWN BY ANOTHER $4 By Our Market Correspondent TIN took another tumble 01 .>•! in Singapore yesterday and was quoted $386 per picul which represents a fall of $9.50 since the beginning of the week. The present lack of buying interest particularly by the United States
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    Lock icon U.S.A. tin consumption is static
    215 10 U.S.A. tin consumption is static U. S. domestic consumption of tin in November was virtually unchanged from October, according to the Bureau of Mines of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Tin consumption in November was 7,810 long tons comprising 5,010 tons of primary pig and 2,800 tons of secondary
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    136 10 MELBOURNE, Fri. Investments were very quiet on the Stock Exchange here today. Prices eased slightly in minings, but there was keen bidding for oils. Oil Search and Santos were firmer, with heavy trading in Oil Search. Silver lead and Uraniums were better supported and loans were steady. Loans
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    60 10 MANILA— The Philippines exported 815.145 long tons of copra during iyss compared with 757,585 long tons in 1954. according to statistics released here. Shipments of copra cake In 1955 totalled 80,712 long tons, while coconut oil exports amounted to 72,875 long tons. Exports of desiccated copra in the
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    Rubber dividends
    45 10 Sedenak Rubber Estates announced a final dividend 10 per cent less tax making 15 per cent for the year against 74 per cent. Johore Para Rubber Company's final dividend is I'- pence making three pence for year, ended June 30, 1955, against nil.
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    FEDERATION'S OUTPUT FIGURES
    55 10 THE Federation's output of minerals for the last quarter of 1955 were: Tin concentrates 342.--604 piculs; tin-in-con-centrates 15,356 tons; coal 45.469 tons; raw gold 6.097 troy ounces; iron ore 310,687 tons; bauxite 70,391 tons; ilmenite (exports) 13.408 tons; wolfram 16 tons; scbeelite 10 tons; columbite 65 tons;
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    38 10 On the free exchange market In Hong Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5.87 > 3 for cash and 5.89 4 for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15.77 and one Uel of gold at 254%.
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    Decline in rubber is checked
    258 10 Decline in rubber is checked THE week start heavy upcounu. which in its w, •stopless S eiii ng Ports H.C.B 1 I rent review encouraging n I immediate horir, I were disincline I and short selling I mentum to t! continued to U I level. On Tuesdnv of the lnrrp;i"
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      389 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS PENANG PORT COMMISSION APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. APPLICATIONS are invited for the appointment of ASSISTANT SECRETARY. Salary Scale $870 x $30A $990 basic per month plus variable cost of living allowance at present between $110 and $225 per month according to salary and status. In certain circumstances expatriation
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      106 10 NOTICES NOTICE THE PUBLIC ARE Notified that the Insurance Agency hitherto held b/ Khoo Chee Guan and Sf«is, No. 7 Heeren Street, Malacct has been cancelled and they have no authority to act in any capacity or accept insurance business on our behalf EDW/kRD LUMLEY it SONS (M) LTD. CHANGE
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      144 10 NOTICE CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a sample of "Ylm Si San," a Chinese drug, taken from th» Vat Miner Medical Store of No. S Upper Nankin Street, Singapore. was found to be adulterated with lead, and this said drug was found to operate to
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      672 10 NOTICES SUMMONS TO DEFENDANT To the 3rd defendant Kanthar Thambiplllal presently Ambulance Dreanr, Fire Brigade, Singapore. In the District Court of Jaffna. Selllah Jeevaratnam of Crumplray Plaintiff No: 9027. Vs. 1 Sivakolunthu widow of Kumaravelu, Teacher, Ladles College, Jaffna. 2. K. K. Pathy Lanka Dispensary 42 Serangoon Road, Singapore. 3.
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      579 10 NOTICES NATURALISATION NOTICE Is hereby given that EMILE GEORGE ZEIMES also known as EMILE CZAJA and also known as KINO KONO of No. 3, Brighton Crescent, Singapore 19, is applying to the Governor for Naturalisation, and that any person who know.s any reason why naturalisation should not be granted should
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      240 10 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS from registered P.W.D. Contractors of Class "E" and above will be received at the Office of the State Engineer. P.W.D. Perak. Ipoh, up to 3.00 p.m. of the 30th January, 1956. for the construction of Additional Science Block including earth filling to floor and formation
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      1231 11 McALISTER <Sc CO., LTD. TEL.: No.: ***** ELLERMAN tk BUCKNALL I KLAVENESS LINK LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, HAMBURG PORTLAND, SEATTLE ft VANCOUVER ond for U.S.A., North Atlontie Ports Accepting cargo for Control ft South ond Conoda and vio Colombo America CITY OF OTTAWA FRANCISVILLE Spore P. Sham
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      286 12 THE inter-racial marriages in the Johore Royal family seem to have upset some ambitious mothers in that state. They want "a law to ensure that their daughters marry "Princes of the State." These mothers seem isolated in their narrow communal ponds and want to drag back
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      135 12 AT present, Japan is an isolated country In the Far East, especially since the last war. but the younger generation are trying to do everything to regain lost friendship, based on understanding. And this is the very reason why I am writing to you. We have an
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      Political merger plans
      118 12 REGARDING the moves behind the scene to merge the Labour Front with the P. A. P., it would be more natural for the Labour Front to merge with the newly formed Liberal Socialists. After all, three of the Ministers are ex-Progressives. To my politically untutored mind the
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      146 12 AFTER having lived In several other towns I consider that Lenggon K Is a badly planned and insanitary town. A good number of hairdressing saloons are erected just at the back of shophouses not more than ten feet from the shop latrines. I wonder how those buildings were
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      133 12 I AND l am sure many other honest and hardworking employees In the mining Industry quite agree with your editorial "Victimisation in Reverse." We are quite prepared to go with Mr. 00l to any lengths If it is a reasonable demand for better pay, bettter conditions
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      THE $64 QUESTION
      493 12 I READ with interest the replies to my $64 question: "When is a boy not a boy? I regret that I cannot agree to Awang bin Noor receiving the prize. It seems to me that none of the correspondents replied to my question, which referred to the
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    DUNSFORD SCORES EASY POINTS VICTORY
    366 13 Hong Kong amateur boxing title for Spore But Wahid is stopped in Round 2 By A Special Correspondent HONG KONG, Fri. SINGAPORE featherweight champion Austin Dunsford tonight won the Hong Kong amateur title by outpointing La n c c Bombardier G. Mclver over three rounds.
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    Malacca XI fail in second half
    260 13 Malacca XI fail in second half SEREMBAN. Fri. OLAYING In a steady drizzle Selangor. favourites for the southern hockey championship. j had no difficulty in beating Malacca 5-2 in the opening match i on the padang today. Johore have withdrawn from the championship at the last moment Selangor fully deserved
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    Lock icon LUTON FALL AT BARCELONA
    41 13 BARCELONA Frl. Luton Town, the English first division football league club, were beaten 3-1 by a Barcelona side here yesterday. The Spanish team, composed of players from two Barcelona first division sides, led 2-1 at halftime. Reuter
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    Lock icon MCC HIT 259
    47 13 CHITTAGONG. Frl.— The touring M.C.C. team were al> out In their first Innings for 259 here today on the opening day of the three-day match against an East Pakistan Sports Federation team. East Pakistan replied with 25 for two wickets at close of play.—Reuter.
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    23 13 WELLINGTON. Frl Canterbury were 227 and the West Indies 40 runs for two wickets when stumps were drawn today. Reuter.
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    STARS MEET JB CHAMPS
    76 13 Star Soccerites will meet Johore Military Forces, Johore Bahru Football league and Cup champions in a friendly match at Farrer Park tomorrow. Star Soccerites' team will be chosen from: Malek Haslnm. Subni Sitri. Vivian Roberts, Rahlm Omar, I Masuri Salleh. A- P. Lopev'tfbdulI lah Zainol, Kasslm
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    Lock icon Hoad's great rally overcomes Rose
    309 13 BRISBANE, Friday. EWIS HOAD staged a great recovery against his former Australian Davis Cup colleague, Mervyn Rose, to reach the men's singles semi-flnals in the Australian lawn tennis chapionships here today. Hoad had to call on all his ability and experience before winning a tense
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    Rain did not deter them
    153 13 RAIN AND cnilly winds yesterday did nor deter 35 Singapore office workers who took part in the first annual walking race organised by tl.e Dunlop Sports Club. The race started at the S.H.B. Gate 3 and was along Keppel Road. Alexandra Road. Tanglln Road, Holland
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    Rokoua out of South XV Spark joins team
    195 13 Rokoua out of South XV Spark joins team MITIELI ROKOUA, the brilliant Fijian centre-threequarter, has dropped out of the South team to play North Jn the annual Malayan rugby classic at Singapore's Jalan Besar Stadium today. He is in the Kluang Hospital suffering from a cracked jaw received in a
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    COLONY SPORT WASHED OUT
    48 13 The Singapore Hockey Association's senior knockout games between Latlff Wanderers and BODCA, and R.A.F. Changi and 1.A.. were postponed because of rain. Two friendly hockey matches on the padang and the cricket fixture between Ceylon Services and Ceylon Sports Club were also washed out.
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      78 13 TODAY SINGAPORE RUGGER: North v South, Jalsn Bessr, 5 p.m.; Friendly: Naval Base v Royal signal's. Signals ground; R.A.A.F. lat Squadron v G.H.Q., Tanglln. HOCKEY: S.H.A. junior knockout competition (quarterfinal): YJH.B.A. t Prison*. Changi. SWIMMING: University gala. Chinese Swimming Club (old pool), 2.30 pjn. SOCCER: Breweries Kampong League: Kampong Tanjong
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    STRAITS TIMES SELECTIONS
    155 14 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER are 1 i PRESIDENT 2.15. Amusement Park Court Jewel Lace 2. j CYNOSURE 2.45. Senans Hatl Punctuality BALKAN ARAB President Court Jewel BAJAN President Opera II CYNOSI'RE Mpinr Knight Senang Hati CYNOSI'RE Grand Rapid-; Punctuality ace 3. STRONG A FREE 3.15. Jutting
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    KAM LOONG HAS DONE WELL OVER BUKIT TIMAH MILE
    572 14 RAM LOONG deserves a winning break in Race Six, after some good efforts over a mile and beyond last season. This Sayajirao gelding is probably best over a mile. Twice last season he was narrowly beaten over this distance at Bukit
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    Nick is day's best bet
    194 14 ATAORI CHIEF and Argyll LTX are not accepting and Nick stands out as an extra good bet in Race Four. This staying five-year-old found his form at Ipoh last month when he gained a stylish win over 9f. with 8.7 In Div. 2 In very
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    Bougoure to start with win
    253 14 JEEP'S STAR tV President Nick West Point CHAMPION jockey Garnet Bougoure is back from a vacation in Australia and should get off the mark on President in the Class 3, Div. 4, 6-f. handicap (Race One) at Bukit Timah today, first day of the Singapore
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    West Point has trained on since Nov success
    681 14 West Point has trained on since Nov success WEST POINT made the grade on his first appearance, at Bukit Timah in November, when he scored a two-length win over 6f. with 8.11 in Div. 4. This nicely-bred gelding by tho 2.000 Guineas winner. Happy Knight has made tremendous strides since—
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    TODAY'S RACE CARD
    1498 14 Race 1—2.15: Class 3, Div. 4—6 Furs. 1 072 Court Jewel 4y 9.00 Tanah Rata Stable Donnelly 2 Bajan 3y All 8.13 R. K. Hardwick Spencer 3 —5 Honeybird 4v Manning 8.12 Kwik Stable Allan 4 Balkan Arab 4y Awl 8.11 A. Ruyters St F. Loh Daniels
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      Ceylon cricketen will justify their reputation
      398 14 Ceylon cricketen will justify their reputation By The Sports Editor IVjANY Ceylonese in Malaya are feeling kct down in a sporting sense. They are disappointed that the teams sent out to represent Ceylon in Singapore and the Federation have not done sufficient justice to the country's reputation in sport. There
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      Track will suit Ajit
      179 14 FRONT-RUNNING Ajit gets a track to his liking and over a mile, which is probably his best trip, he appeals as a sound each-way bet in an open Race Eight. Ajit scored a double in Class 4 at Kuala Lumpur in November his all-ihe-way win over
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      AT BUKIT TIMAH TODAY
      85 14 THE going up to last evening was still on the heavy side. Nearly 2' 2 inches of rain tell on Thursday. There was more rain yesterday. TODAYS Best Bet: Nick in Race Four. Best Longshot: Marciano in Race Three. BIG SWEEP: will ho drawn on Rai
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